Prof Neil Martin
@thatneilmartin.bsky.social
I suppose I'd best get on and fill this in. Psychologist, Prof, writer, former head of department and university research integrity advisor. Research and consultancy: smell/taste; food; horror; comedy; the brain. Email: NeilOnComedy@outlook.com
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And so, it begins! (again). NEWS. The 8th edition of Psychology will be out in 2026! This means, I think, that I should start writing it.
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so I just commented on that paper in Cell Host and Microbe that is cited as evidence that the autism/microbiome link is solid: pubpeer.com/publications...
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
so I just commented on that paper in Cell Host and Microbe that is cited as evidence that the autism/microbiome link is solid: pubpeer.com/publications...
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
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✨ Dark Feasts: The Sinister Side of Festive Dining ✨
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
✨ Dark Feasts: The Sinister Side of Festive Dining ✨
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
Join me on 6 December 2025 at 3:30 pm for a talk with London Month of the Dead on the darker palate of festive food and how Christmas eating can slip into ritual, memory, unease & the uncanny.
Tickets: londonmonthofthedead.com/gothicdinner... 🖤
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Early morning fog at Colliers Wood Station, London. #photography #photo
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Early morning fog at Colliers Wood Station, London. #photography #photo
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Comparing music to other autobiographical memory cues in healthy aging: https://osf.io/d562b
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Comparing music to other autobiographical memory cues in healthy aging: https://osf.io/d562b
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He stees you when you're stleeping.
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
He stees you when you're stleeping.
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Weekend catch-up: The BBC has released a rare 1969 documentary in which Marty Feldman examines the nature of comedy. http://dlvr.it/TPHH44
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Weekend catch-up: The BBC has released a rare 1969 documentary in which Marty Feldman examines the nature of comedy. http://dlvr.it/TPHH44
A lucky bidder.
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A lucky bidder.
An evening spent in the company of an AMAZING cast and crew. R & D for Nina Atesh's new play, In League With The Devil.
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
An evening spent in the company of an AMAZING cast and crew. R & D for Nina Atesh's new play, In League With The Devil.
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Should you wish to watch "American Week" in glorious technicolour...my pals at @lbc.co.uk have got you covered.
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMk...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMk...
Epstein emails, Democrats divided and the BBC billion | Simon Marks' American Week
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Should you wish to watch "American Week" in glorious technicolour...my pals at @lbc.co.uk have got you covered.
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMk...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMk...
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The most festive bus route in London this Christmas
The Best TfL Bus Route For Seeing London's Christmas Lights 2025
London's Christmassiest route, for just the price of a bus fare.
londonist.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The most festive bus route in London this Christmas
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NEW: The biggest union in the BBC, Bectu, has written to culture secretary Lisa Nandy and BBC chair Samir Shah, demanding the removal of Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
NEW: The biggest union in the BBC, Bectu, has written to culture secretary Lisa Nandy and BBC chair Samir Shah, demanding the removal of Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
They say Gibb, a political appointee, is a “direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence”.
Clarivate's top cited researchers of 2025 list is out- Merry Christmas! Here are psychology and psychiatry's: clarivate.com/highly-cited...
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025
The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...
clarivate.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Clarivate's top cited researchers of 2025 list is out- Merry Christmas! Here are psychology and psychiatry's: clarivate.com/highly-cited...
I like the use of the word scoop here, in the sense that people rang up the FT and told them. Fearless.
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I like the use of the word scoop here, in the sense that people rang up the FT and told them. Fearless.
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If you are interested in the problem of conflicts of interest, in any scientific field, please consider filling in this survey: erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
(and please repost this for a snowball effect!)
(and please repost this for a snowball effect!)
Survey - Conflict of Interest Statements
This survey investigates incentives for conducting and publishing research and how conflicts of interest should be disclosed.
erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you are interested in the problem of conflicts of interest, in any scientific field, please consider filling in this survey: erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
(and please repost this for a snowball effect!)
(and please repost this for a snowball effect!)
The NYT says it's the first time, but if recent history is anything to go by, this probably means they've sat on it for 20 years.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The NYT says it's the first time, but if recent history is anything to go by, this probably means they've sat on it for 20 years.
Tempted. (via @welshbollocks.bsky.social )
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Tempted. (via @welshbollocks.bsky.social )
The worst thing to happen to a park since white dog stools.
FLAGMAGEDON
Jesus wept!
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The worst thing to happen to a park since white dog stools.
Instinct and/or sherry.
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Instinct and/or sherry.
The only problem with this is that the 1950s dressing up fetish of the US social psychologists and the misrepresentation of data that formed the basis of a theory very much should change science. And I think Kelly's analysis is not completely entirely convincing.
I think many people don't realise that "When Prophecy Fails" is not an experimental study, but a work of history. Its like finding out that a popular Netflix documentary is fake. Bad but does not change science. Social psychology is not based on this book in any way.
There’s growing evidence that something was going seriously wrong in the classic early work on cognitive dissonance
Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The only problem with this is that the 1950s dressing up fetish of the US social psychologists and the misrepresentation of data that formed the basis of a theory very much should change science. And I think Kelly's analysis is not completely entirely convincing.
I was reading a review paper about facial expression as conversational contributor yesterday and it seemed very WEIRD-centric. Not specifically, just the assumptions behind how people converse and the assumption that everyone does what the "West" does.
A quick (1000 words) read to enjoy with your morning coffee or afternoon tea:
"Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"
Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"
Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I was reading a review paper about facial expression as conversational contributor yesterday and it seemed very WEIRD-centric. Not specifically, just the assumptions behind how people converse and the assumption that everyone does what the "West" does.
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The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Maureen's in Iceland! She claims it's for some book thing. But, mark my words, by the time everyone finishes their fermented shark meat there will be a massacre.
Walked across the frozen Tjörnin in the old side of Reykjavik. Just incredible. Did not die.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Maureen's in Iceland! She claims it's for some book thing. But, mark my words, by the time everyone finishes their fermented shark meat there will be a massacre.
New road, local shop, giclee print, gentlemen's league. From @sarahcoomer.bsky.social www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New road, local shop, giclee print, gentlemen's league. From @sarahcoomer.bsky.social www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Just went on Radio 4 to talk about Hitler’s genitals. So glad I trained as a historian for this
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just went on Radio 4 to talk about Hitler’s genitals. So glad I trained as a historian for this